Update from Mozambique

In February 2008, four weeks of heavy flooding had affected nearly 300,000 people, crowding temporary camps created for internally displaced people. TSF deployed at request of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and opened 3 satellite-based communication centres that within 1 month assisted 90% of aid agencies on the ground. TSF also offered humanitarian calling operation providing survivors with 3-minute phone calls to loved ones. Click here to view a video, and here to listen to an audio podcast by Oisin Walton